Lot 19

One bowl has an vertical hariline crack extened from the mouth rim, about 3.6cm long; the other one has two very mintue chips on the mouth rim, with extened vertical hairlines, longes 4.5cm long.


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Estate of Ronald M. Scott, and hence by descent. (Lot 18 - 24)

Ronald Melville Scott (1886 - 1968) was a civil engineer who during World War I served in France in the First Field Company, Australian Engineers. He was Adelaide City Engineer (1924 - 1929) and then Melbourne City Engineer (1929 - 1931). In 1933 he was a founding partner of engineering consulting firm Scott and Furphy. He enhanced his distinguished professional career with his love of fine art which saw him become a discerning collector of fine Asian porcelain.